A non-governmental organisation, Center for Law and
Civil Culture (CLCC), has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal
government to immediately unravel the local and foreign sponsors of the
terrorist groups in Nigeria in order to face justice for the killings of
innocent citizens across the country.
Apparently miffed by the killings of the Chairman
of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Michika, Adamawa State branch, Rev.
Lawan Andimi, and Danciya Dalep, a 200 level student of the University of
Maiduguri, by members of the Boko Haram sect, the rights body condemned the
dastardly acts of the Islamic group which it said has no respect for the
sanctity of human lives.
In a statement issued at the weekend and signed by the
Executive Director of CLCC, Mr. Imran Abdulganeey, the organisation
"condemned the rising spate of killings of innocent Nigerians by the
misguided group,” warning that the terror group is trying to cause religious
war in the country.
It said: "Boko Haram is trying to deepen the
hitherto religious dichotomy between Christians and Muslims adherents. The
wicked killings of both men is one of the deliberate strategies designed by the
terror group to divide Nigerians along religious lines so that they can easily
penetrate and weaken us. Nigerians must therefore rise up and resist the
temptation. We must let them know that we are all united in our resolve to
defeat the Boko Haram evil."
The killing of any Nigerian by the terrorist group
regardless of religious belief, ethnicity and race must not be seen as an
onslaught against any religious belief but an onslaught against humanity
orchestrated and carried out by callous, cold hearted, wicked and evil beings,
the body further said.
It said Boko Haram is not against any specific
tribe or religion, even though they operate more from the northern part of the
country.
No part of the country has been spared in the
murderous activity of the terrorists, CLCC said, adding that Nigerians must
support the federal government in its quest to totally defeat the insurgents.
"We must therefore collectively rise to the
occasion and support the federal government in whatever form we could to defeat
the terrorists, so as to sustain the peaceful coexistence among the various
groups of people in the country," the organisation said.
CLCC also commended the Nigerian army, police and the
local vigilante in their unsavory efforts to protect the territorial integrity
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at this ‘critical time in our history’,
calling on Nigerians to continue to pray for our men and women who sacrifice
their lives to fight in the battle field.
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